Management Accountant Job in Kenya (80K)

Our client, a leading world class supplier of hospital equipment is seeking to recruit Management Accountant

Purpose: To maintain the integrity of the financial accounting function in accordance with sound accounting practices, company policy and legislative requirements

Roles

1. Financial Management

• Develop and maintain financial accounting processes and procedures


• Implement and maintain sound internal controls


• Oversee the management accounting and internal control processes and procedures


• Identify financial accounting risks and develop and implement mitigating strategies


• Attend to audit queries

 

2. Budgeting

• Establish and maintain a budgeting system and assist with setting up the planning parameters


• Manage and control the annual planning and budgeting process


• Prepare the budget


• Interface and train users regularly regarding budget control and variance reports

3. Financial administration

• Credit Control


• Payables and Receivables Management


• Prepare statutory returns (i.e. VAT, PAYE, SDL and RSC)


• Verify the General Ledger, accruals and control accounts


• Review local reconciliations before payments can be made


• Review Creditors on a monthly basis


• Prepare journal file and financial month-end pack


• Verify and authorise Forex differences


• Review alignment of contractual payment conditions with budgets and forecasts


• Control commitments against budget


• Manage cost control workflow


• Ensure that work measurements are correctly accrued and accredited

4. Financial reporting

• Report on all cost activities (e.g. budget, forecasts) and on work in progress in line with company policies, legislation and GAAP


• Report on variances between budgets, commitments and expenditure


• Assist with refining and enhancing financial reporting for the organisation

5. Leadership

• Manage the designated area within time and budget


• Plan, select, develop and maintain suitable manpower capabilities for area of   responsibility


• Supervise, develop, lead and maintain a motivated and high performance team


• Identify and timeously address problems and opportunities


• Provide direction in respect of decision making


• Facilitate and resolve conflicting issues or requirements


• Ensure compliance with relevant legal and statutory requirements and internationally accepted environmental, health, safety and quality standards

Key Responsibilities of this role:

1. Financial management


2. Budgeting


3. Financial administration


4. Financial reporting

Qualifications:

• Degree in Accounting or equivalent qualification, i.e. (B Com Accounting and/or Management Accounting)


• 5 years relevant financial experience, of which three years should have been in a management capacity Knowledge of General Accounting Principles (GAAP)


• CPA II


• Knowledge of relevant legislation


• Knowledge of Internal Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)


• Knowledge of budgeting processes


• Understanding financial accounting and treasury


• Knowledge of computerised financial systems


• Attention to detail

If qualified, kindly send your CV to jobs@jantakenya.com clearly indicating ‘Management Accountant’ on the Subject line by 11th September, 2015. 

Do not attach any certificates.

Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.